Nell

Where Nell comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nell.

  • 1 syllable
Nell through the years
  1. 1650
    Nell Gwyn born
    Royal mistress
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #169 among girls, with 77 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1886
    Peak, #144
    175 babies named Nell, its best rank.
  4. 1948
    Nell Carter born
    American actress and singer
  5. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,173.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Eleanor, Ellen, and Helen
Namesakes
  • Nell Gwyn · Royal mistress, 1650–1687
  • Nell Carter · American actress and singer, 1948–2003
  • Nell Tiger Free · English actress, born 1999
  • Nell Hall Hopman · Australian female tennis player, 1909–1968
  • Nell Shipman · actress, screenwriter, producer, animal trainer, 1892–1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.